WOYWW #346

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

I hope everyone (stateside) had a great holiday weekend!  My friend Julie and Hubby were coming over on Monday to finally do the Holiday thing, and since craft goodies were on the gift list; it was a good bet we’d be up in the craft room while the boys did their thing.  So I did the (almost) final push on getting the room sorted away.  So first up; there is the 2^nd letterpress I managed to shove under the table.  A shame to waste the top surface, but what can you do.  And all but one drawer on the 2 sets are filled. I just can’t seem to pull the trigger on putting my “other” (ie, not distress) inks in a drawer—might not be the best use of drawer space…we’ll see. Still need to find space for the 2^nd pen/desktop organizer.

So here is the desktop—since Julie finally got a real Gelli plate, we ended up making a mess with gelli printing…but I have far less virgin stencils now! LOL! So here are some of the prints I’ll use in card backgrounds.  And my Zig real brush markers; now that I have some nice watercolor paper I’m going to really get to know them. And I still need a place for my TH die sets.  

So there is my desk area for the week.  Now go visit Julia’s and see what the rest of the Desker’s are up to!  Have a great week everyone!

Oh, one more...just cuz I can't not show it!! Despite being raised in Patriot's territory (New England Football team), my house is a Carolina Panther's house!  So for the division playoffs; here is my hubby and Dakota getting their game gear on.  Dakota is not sure about rooting for a black cat....

WOYWW #235

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

 Ok, on the “who would have guessed” item; I can finally blog from home, and for some reason keep missing it’s Wednesday!  Guess I need to learn how to schedule now…and clean up the blog…but I digress…

I actually haven’t done any real crafting since 2 weeks before Christmas…or the whole week in between Christmas and New Years that I was on vacation because my room was a bloody mess!  I had a good sit and look around; decided it wasn’t just putting things away; it was no place left to put.  And miracles of miracles…Michael’s had a 50% storage sale.  So it’s a start…and this morning I just had another of the 5 drawer thingies held for me, because there is still a ton of things that don’t have places to go.  And I have 2 online classes starting, 1 of which I can finally do “live”, so I’ll need to be able to get what I need for each class, without spending valuable time searching. 

So here is the desk; with 2 of the new pieces in place. and a pile on the actual desk waiting to go into a drawer….and did you notice the floor? Yup; I can now walk right up to my chair…Miracle!!

And here are the 3 pieces up close and personal; with another letterpress coming.  Of course; now I need to find a place for the 2^nd set, as it were…

So there is my desk area for the week.  Now go visit Julia’s and see what the rest of the Desker’s are up to!

Have a great week everyone!

For the not faint of heart…I found a picture from my “before”…Dec. 30^th...with the pathway cleared after I had stepped in the small bin that held my Distress stains and almost fell into the desk…don’t call me “grace” LOL!

WOYWW #341

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

Another real quick post: a very boring desk—which does not reflect the frenzy of activity that went on over the weekend.  The Christmas stamps stacked to get put away….but not totally committed as I had a new idea, and may play around with it so I’ll have it for next year.  I also still need to finish my Christmas journal pages, and may need a few stamps.  The debit card and GC for some last minute purchases, as this was the only room in the house I could get some cell service for an online order….Note I said was…

For if you notice the iPad---sitting on the little case that carried all my stamps, pens, address labels and card spreadsheets, it is there because I had to test our Wifi signal up in the craft room…That’s right Ladies (and any Gents!)  It took 13 years to get cable on our hill…and it is freakin’ awesome!!!  (also slightly evil, as I haven’t gotten to bed before 1:00 the last 2 nights; maybe Instagram and Pinterest should be evil, and not the internet connection…it’s a moral dilemma I’m too tired to figure out!) And as I’m no longer limited to using work internet, I can now no longer feel guilty for not visiting and commenting on your blogs.

So there is my desk for the week.  Now go visit Julia’s and see what the rest of the Desker’s are up to!

Have a great week everyone!

WOYWW #339

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

Another real quick post: Desk fairly tidy as this was Saturday night, as I packed up all the pieces- parts   of what I hope are my last 20 cards so I could assemble them while visiting my Step-sons Sunday. The front panel you can see in the top left…a real quickie; but this year I’m really just wanting “Done”.  Oddly, I really sorta like the way they turned out.  You’ll have to see next week, as they are all still packed up from Sunday.  The House mouse stamp is because I also stamped a few of those to color while there; one for the journal page I started; the other 3 in case I needed a few more cards.  Again; picture next week…so ink pads still out; need more space for the new Lucky Clover; which, surprisingly, isn’t my favorite green; a little too blue? Maybe? Just a tad lighter than the Pine Needles. (Hoping for a red for December!) The mug, too, is still up there…note to self; bring it down to soak tonight! It contained Starbucks Salted Caramel Hot Cocoa-as I finally found the K-cups.. Mmmmmmm!

Oh, and here is a birthday card I made for my Sis-in-Law; the last of our crew to turn 50! She got a kick out of the deflated balloon!

So there is my desk for the week.  Now go visit Julia’s and see what the rest of the Desker’s are up to! Have a great week everyone!

WOYWW #338

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

A real quick post this week; desk still rather organized considering all the craziness going on.  I still have 25 cards to make; hopefully this weekend will get that checked off.  And speaking of crazy; here are those birds; and I can’t believe I just noticed I have an uncolored one…hmmmm; I was getting a bit punchy Sunday night. (Perhaps caused not just by the long crafting day, but also the bottle of home-brewed Hard Lemonade….Monday am was a bit rough! Lol!)  So those will be some of the next ones. 

And here are the two sets I finished this past weekend, using Tim’s Blueprint stamps and his Postage Die. Nothing fancy...you can barely see the snowflake brads on the snowman.    I finally broke down and bought his masking film, as the paper masks just weren’t holding up for the 16 cards. 

So there is my desk for the week.  Now go visit Julia’s and see what the rest of the Desker’s are up to!

And I wish everyone and their families a Very Happy Thanksgiving!

WOYWW #337

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround, so hop over there to join the fun.

So here is my desk; pretty impressive when you consider I’m in the midst of my Christmas Card/gift making frenzy.  These two Blueprint piles are came to work where I’m now coloring in the board room on my lunch hour…have to say; great way to reduce work stress! (and keep the home desk a bit tidier…)

But, the full disclosure side of me…has to show this; the table my besty Julie and I were working on for Saturday’s playdate.  We were playing with our large Dylusian’s Journals…and as our fingers were a mess, I didn’t take any pictures.  I’ll try to remember for next week.

And here are the finished wine journals from 2 weeks ago.

So there is my desk for the week.  Now go visit Julia’s and see what the rest of the Desker’s are up to!

Have a great week everyone.

WOYWW #335

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

I’m having a very scattered week…pick any activity at home or work; and things are in half-started status; yup, not even half-done.  Craft desk no exception.  This is how I left it Sunday night; the two worn covers are commissioned wine journals that will be Christmas presents; she ordered them in April; she mails her gifts out week of Thanksgiving…The Distress Paint is drying before I can continue onto the papers.  The White panels are for a second set of the snow flake cards I showed a few weeks ago, only with blue backing instead of red.  I can’t even explain why the snow flake dietrius  (get it...detritus from dies??, aww c’mon…) wasn’t thrown away…takes 2 seconds…or why I didn’t throw it away last night before or after I took the picture…no idea; not like it’s usable…

 

Oh, and the finished Hand Bell card from last week; current love/hate relationship with sequins; easily mailable, not too over the top; hell to pick up and glue down…

So there is my mess for the week.  Now go visit Julia’s and see what the rest of the Desker’s are up to!

Have a great week everyone.